This no carb diet is RIDICULOUS. It is only day 6 of 21 and I feel like if I eat just another meat with veggie and nuts for a snack I am going to throw up! Literally - that is how I feel.

I have no energy (understandably so with NO CARBS in my body) and I’ve even lost some weight which Dr. L said he did not want to see happen. He told me to increase my caloric intake by increasing my protein intake. Well, I can only eat so much meat. But it’s obviously not been enough for the past week.

There is one food on this earth at this point of the diet that is appetizing and does not nauseate me in least bit. The only thing is that it really has no nutritional value whatsoever. It is 10 calorie, 0 sugar, and, most beautifully of all, 0 CARB jello! It is sooooooooo good, however it does not give me energy or calories which is what I need. But oh is it good. And if it’s only value is to sooth the nauseous feelings I get when thinking about or eating food, then that is value enough for me! Thank you, Amanda, for this great discovery!

I just wrote an email to my nurse telling her what is going on and how I feel. Hopefully she will email back with something positive. If not, and she says this is all normal, I guess I’ll just have to stick it out. This too shall pass…

And hey, maybe this is just God’s way of preparing me for morning sickness! :)

- Elaine